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Songs

Songs we've sung, written, and added to the central library.

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  1. Gaggle: Hanford, Fix Those Leaks

    2014 · Laurie Rostholder

    Oh, we’re a gaggle of grannies Urging you off of your fannies We’re raising our voice We want a new choice Fix those leaks The nuclear toxins are leaking For…

    Environment & Energy Local Issues
  2. GARBAGE

    2025 · Unlisted Songwriter

    Victoria Grannies We've got loverly garbage in Victoria. Garbage of the very nicest kind. So we dump it in the lake Or leave it out to bake, And hope that…

    Environment & Energy
  3. George Bush

    2014 · Unlisted Songwriter · to the tune of Glory Glory Hallelujah

    George Bush is not a moron, he is just a psychopath, And he’s out to wreak destruction on the people of the Bath. With guns and tanks and missiles he…

    Government & Power War & Peace
  4. Georgie, Georgie

    2014 · Unlisted Songwriter · to the tune of Bicycle Built for Two

    Georgie, Georgie give us your answer true, We’re half crazy over the things you do, The way you spend our money – it isn’t even funny. You ignore the poor…

    Government & Power Human & Civil Rights War & Peace
  5. Georgie, Porgie

    2013 · Unlisted Songwriter · to the tune of Daisy, Daisy

    Georgie Porgie, Listen to your old Gran, You look childish Tryin’ to be a big man, Now put away your war toys And join the ‘Work for Peace’ boys Then…

    War & Peace
  6. Get Out Now!

    2013 · Unlisted Songwriter · to the tune of Union Maid

    We went to war one day And now can’t get away. The Afghans know how to run the show. They’ve never given way. Al Qaida was our aim, And bombing…

    War & Peace
  7. Get Out the Voters

    2014 · Unlisted Songwriter · to the tune of Roll Out The Barrel

    lyrics: Triangle Raging Grannies Get out the voters! That’s the American way, Get out the voters! That’s how we all have our say. We won’t be silenced By fat cats…

    Elections & Democracy Gender Equity
  8. Get Together and Save the Forest

    2014 · Unlisted Songwriter · to the tune of Coming Round the Mountain

    B.C. Sunshine Coast Grannies Oh, the forest’s our concern and so we’re here. The forest’s our concern and so we’re here. It was a lovely invitation Asking our participation ‘Cause…

    Environment & Energy
  9. Give Me a Home Where the Rivers Don’t Foam

    2014 · Unlisted Songwriter · to the tune of Home on the Range

    The Raging Grannies Songbook, 1993 Oh, give me a home where the rivers don’t foam, And the squirrels and chipmunks can play, Where the lakes all have fish you can…

    Environment & Energy
  10. Glory of War

    2013 · Unlisted Songwriter · to the tune of Glory of Love

    You’ve got to show // your power, Prove // your power, And if they fight back, abuse // your power, That’s the story of , that’s the glory of war!…

    War & Peace
  11. Glory, Glory Halliburton

    2013 · Unlisted Songwriter · to the tune of Battle Hymn of the Republic

    Chorus: Glory, glory Halliburton! All our people now are hurtin’. Massive deficits are certain– But we know how to make war pay! Three hundred billion is a lot of money,…

    War & Peace
  12. Glory, Glory Profiteering

    2014 · Unlisted Songwriter · to the tune of Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory

    Mine eyes have seen the glory of the Chairmen of the Board, They are trampling our benefits And outsourcing abroad. They have cooked the books of Enron and committed massive…

    Business & Economy Elections & Democracy
  13. GM Foods Are Good for Me

    2013 · the Halifax Grannies · to the tune of Yes, Jesus Loves Me, to be sung in little girl voices

    GM foods are good for me— So say government agencies. Sci-en-tists there do agree GM foods won’t hu-urt me. Chorus: Yes, scientists love me. Yes, governments love me. Yes, biotech…

    Environment & Energy
  14. God Bless Guns

    2025 · Unlisted Songwriter · to the tune of Frère Jacques

    People are crying Innocents dying From guns on the loose Not shooting moose Police are trigger happy Brains are in their nappy God Bless Guns God Bless Guns Congress in…

    Guns & Violence
  15. Gonna Study Peace, Not War

    2014 · Unlisted Songwriter · to the tune of Down by the Riverside

    Gonna outlaw those cluster bombs Down by the riverside (3 x) Gonna disarm those DU bombs Down by the riverside And study war no more CHORUS: SING (2x) I ain’t…

    War & Peace
  16. Goodbye, Birth Control!

    2013 · Unlisted Songwriter · to the tune of Goodnight, Ladies

    Who needs mammograms this year? Planned Parenthood, we do fear, Misuses funds we hold so dear. The wars on women rage. Chorus: Maybe we just won’t have sex Won’t have…

    Gender Equity Healthcare
  17. Goodbye, Boehner

    2014 · Unlisted Songwriter · to the tune of Goodnight, Ladies

    Who needs mammograms this year? Planned parenthood, we hear, Misuses funds we hold so dear, The wars on women rage. Chorus: Maybe we just won’t have sex, Won’t have sex,…

    Gender Equity Government & Power Reproductive Rights
  18. Goods for Cuba

    2025 · Unlisted Songwriter · to the tune of US Marine song

    Sing Hallelujah for folk in Cuba Who stand up to Uncle Sam. We’re glad to send out some goods and handouts. When our friends are in a jam. If there…

    Government & Power
  19. Got Gas?

    2013 · Laurie Rostholder

    adaptation by Laurie Rostholder of song by Glen Anderson The Marine Hymn From Iraq and Venezuela The Arabian and Caspian Seas, We will pump out all the planet’s oil Just…

    Business & Economy Environment & Energy
  20. Grandma’s Fate

    2013 · Jeanne Lorimer · to the tune of I've Been Working on the Railroad

    Will they pull the plug on Grandma? Will they pull the plug one day? That is just what I’ve been hearing, If Obama has his way! If that is what…

    Government & Power Healthcare